...The two articles have conflicting views about whether or not the city should fund a dog park. The article A Dog Park Benefits All states that dogs need room to run around and that it would benifit all residents. While the article No Dog Park for Muscatine contests that it would cause problems and that taxpayers should not fund such an expensive project. Both sides have points worth considering when making a decision, but while both sides make good arguements, I agree with A Dog Park Benefits All. The article A Dog Park Benefits All makes some good points. One being the fact it would cause the dog-bite rate to shrink. It is a known fact that the more social an animal is, the less likely it is to lash out. Another reason as this article states is that it would also bring more people to the area, which is true since dog owners tend to look for areas with a place they can let their dog roam free. Although when the article talks about that it would lower the amount of dogs ending up in the pound, it might be a little off. It would help, but not make that big of an impact. Most of the time an owner gives a dog back because they did not realize the responsiblity or could not afford to take care of the dog. These reasons also lead to bad behavior more often than not...
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...Pro Death Penalty Arguement BCM/275 Pro Death Penalty Arguement In the case against the death penalty by the American Civil Liberties Unions I wholeheartedly disagree with their judgment. “The American Civil Liberties Union believes the death penalty inherently violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment and the guarantees of due process of law and of equal protection under the law. Furthermore, we believe that the state should not give itself the right to kill human beings – especially when it kills with premeditation and ceremony, in the name of the law or in the name of its people, or when it does so in an arbitrary and discriminatory fashion.”(ACLU.org). How can anyone in their right mind support this fact. When someone breaks the law they pay for it in a system of checks and balances. The United Stated judicial system is perfect its far from being perfect but it is in place to make sure rights of persons are treated fair and equally. All states and the federal government need to have a mindset that if a person’s life in taken by a criminal act then the bearer of the crime should pay the ultimate price. For me I do not see the death penalty as a waste of taxpayer money but as a deterrent to the next generation that if you commit such heinous acts you pay the price. What is wasting the taxpayer money is the process of appeals due to our outdated justice system. How much does it cost for a bullet? How much for a lethal injection? How much does...
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...Free from Error Abstract The type of Moral Error theory I shall defend in the following essay is the kind proposed by J. L. Mackie and later by Richard Joyce. Mackie first advances “error theory” by stating that when most people speak of their moral judgements they are implicitly claiming “ to be pointing to something objectively prescriptive,” but “these claims are false” (1977, p.35). In the first section of this essay i shall introduce and clarify the constituent of error theory I aim to defend. In the next section I consider and rebut stephen finlays recent attack on moral error theory. Finlay takes aim at Mackies conceptual claim that many moral judgements entail categorical reasons, but I find his shots misguided. Consequently I shall consider finlays most powerful rejoinders with the view of again refuting them and arriving at the conclusion that Mackies conceptual and ontological claims hold and moral error theory stands. Mackie endorses a second order moral theory regarding the essence of moral valuing and the character of moral values. Mackie believes that many of the moral judgements we make contain a catergorical imperative element and his thesis that “ there are no objective values” (1977, pg 58) is an explicit rebuttal denying that “ any such categorically imperative element is objectively valid” (1977, pg 69).[1] The objective values that Mackie wishes to refute would be action-guiding unconditionally, not contingently upon any particular agents desired...
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...Judicial Politics And Behavior YourFirstName YourLastName University title Q.1 Firing or sacking is an informal word for dismissal which is termination of employment by employer against the employees will. Firing is a common term particularly in US and it is also known as as sacked, boned, axed, canned or given walking papers. Being fired as oppesed to qutting the job voluntarily (being laid off), is perceived being the employee’s fault thus considered a sign of failure and disgraceful. Since finding a new or another job is is difficult after firing and especially if the employee had not held the job or the position for a long period (Hugh, 2005). Mostly probationary employees are dismissed when an employer finds better equiped, skilled and experienced employees than the incumbent even though the employee has ot broken either of the rules. Many times firing is viewed as employees are very negative and m ostly with gross misconduct which is a serious action. Firing is done on basis of poor work performance, off job- site conduct, attendance problem and problematic conduct. Attendance problems are employees not turning up for work, tardiness or frequent absenteeism. Work performance problems leads to termination even when one has good attendance at a job. If the employees perfoormance does not satisfy the employers standards, the employee is finally fired. It can be on the basis of incompetence, neglect of maintenance, refusal to perform duties, negligence or...
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...losses reported, there is a need for some drastic steps for both image building and strategy correction in regard with compensation practices. JP Morgan issue: JP Morgan’s decisions in this case are especially significant because the causes are not the usual ones — fraud, rogue trading etc. The problem is the loss of capital and reputation. At firms like JP the approach to risk management revolves around holding people accountable for their decisions. In fact there are rules governing “recoveries” for such undesirable acts in JP Morgan proxy statement. It stated that a clawback review could be conducted "as a result of a material restatement of earnings or by acts or omissions of employees." Even in the 2011 annual report, they said the stock-based compensation awards were subject to such clawback provisions. One question that can be asked is if this is a “material loss” of this magnitude material? This is answered by the fact that JPMorgan felt that they needed to disclose the problem trade. This points to the fact that the bank realized that “materiality” threshold was reached. Another issue addressed in the proxy is that a payback can be demanded if the employees act“improperly or with gross negligence fail to identify, raise, or assess, in a timely manner and as reasonably expected, risks and/or concerns with respect to risks material to the firm or its business activities.” And a trade that can result in $3-billion in losses might fall under this clause, is substaintiated...
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...Vaccination, what is your opinion.Vaccination is a highly controversial topic in the US. Many people believe vaccination should be enforced, but vaccination should be by choice. Anybody above the age of 21 should choose whether or not they want to be vaccinated. If we are forced to be vaccinated, it is a direct violation of the constitution, and even if the government decides to imply that they will discard our free will makes many people unhappy, to say the least. Every man and woman has the freedom, and right to do as they wish here in ‘Murica. Our fair and just laws are the only thing able to override freedom. A “valid” arguement is how if everyone is sick nobody can work. That argument is invalidated by the simple fact that 90-95% of us get vaccines, the 5-10% of us that don't want a vaccine should have their right to stay unvaccinated. All in all, enforcing vaccines is unjust by our laws....
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...patients their own fee for services/medical consultations etc. Medicare will pay 75% which is known as the “schedule fee” , private health insurance will cover the 25% gap. However the AMA actually encourage doctors to charge more then schedule fee, allowing the doctors to make profit by those who can afford to pay for these consultations. Until recently private health insurance companies were restricted by law to cover the “gap” fee making the patient having to pay the 25% out of pocket. Now every health fund must offer at least one “no gap” or “known gap” policy. Gap cover is only available to claim if your doctor has agreed to be in this arrangement with the private health fund. This limits the choice of doctor you wish to see which in fact was a particular selling point of private health insurance. The client is still able to choose their choice of doctor however it must be from the pool of doctors who choose to cap their fees, making the choices limited. According to...
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...We’re forever being told that beauty is “only” skin deep. Well, for many black women and a few black men, that’s disturbingly deep. it looks like the politics of black beauty gets more complicated by the day. The era when skin-lightening was frowned upon as a self-hating practice is slipping away and many black people are being vocal about their desire to be lighter. Their arguements being that it's a personal choice, just like the one white people make when they darken their skin by sunbathing. So what’s the problem here? And why does this issue make people (of all races) so nervous? Skin whitening is the lightening of the skin by cosmetic means. This is achieved in multiple by using various products such as skin whitening cream. Some people will go to great lengths to have lighter skin, the same also applies to people who want to have darker skin. This is actually a touchy and controversial topic but it is about preference. Being Lighter in color is deemed by many cultures and societies as a representation of true beauty. Whether it is natural or chemical, safe or dangerous (and honestly, I don’t think those who use it care), why does skin-lightening in all its forms still have so many black women under its spell, willing to risk the health of the body’s biggest organ? What is behind the “colour complex”? In my opinion, variety is the spice of life, such as variety in food, clothes, hairstyles, etc and it also abounds in nature. That is why all people on Earth belong to...
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...the United States. Because of this fact, he could get deported to Mexico. 4. Pérez attempts to preven the van driver from summoning the police by saying that he will pay for the damage. 5. Pérez answering the Chicano patrolman in Spanish is not an accident because he knows that the policeman is of Mexican descent. Since he knows this, he feels as though his Spanish will be understood by the officer....
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...pattern; it is a code… and an information storage mechanism. All codes are created by a conscious mind; there is no natural process known to science that creates coded information. Therefore, DNA is designed by a mind.” (Perry, 2014) Ad Hominem – The attack on a person’s character distracting you from the real issue. Example: Don’t believe what Larry says about raising children. He is the head of pro-abortion campaign. Red Herring – During a disagreement, one person goes on a tangent, bring up a different side of the disagreement that distracts everyone from what is really going on, usually not going back to the original disagreement. Example: A person is reading a book and is lead to believe a specific character is guilty, when in fact the person is innocent. Pseudo-questions – A question that has no real answer because it makes no sense. Example: “Do you support the right to possess a hand gun as set forth by our constitution?” (Gracyk, 2012) False Cause – It is assumed that there is a relationship between two things where one thing cause where one thing causes the other to happen. Example: Because the Native Americans did a rain dance, it began to rain. (Hagin, 2002) Sweeping Generalization – Where a person assumes things where they don’t apply. Example: Nothing is true because a person says so. Therefore, we should not believe the things God said. This is fallicious....
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... At birth we are known as a ‘tabula rasa’ meaning a blank slate; in which nurture influences our mental content (J. Locke, 1895). The famous empiricist Locke also theorised simple ideas gained through our senses were developed into complex mechanisms. Thinking alone, cannot supply us with the ability to interact with the environment therefore we perceive and make predictions about the world through internal cognitive representations regardless of it being a scientific fact or a self believed fact. Consequently we built up knowledge from prior events, memories, perception, culture and socialisation. These cognitions convey knowledge to be represented as a mind state. Knowledge is the familiarity one has with worldly information. The theoretical accounts of knowledge processes must be carefully analysed and critiqued. The fundamental base of this arguement relies on cognitive understanding, in which the mind plays a key role in knowledge acquisition, contemplation and retention. The arguement will be to explore the most valid line of reasoning in how knowledge of the representing world is conceptualised into abstract cognitive ideas. References made to key research with in-depth analysis will create understanding into how the cognitive paradigm views knowledge representation. Analogical and propositional representations of knowledge have been derived from many theoretical viewpoints. Analogical representations of knowledge are physical and geometric...
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...Annotated Bibliography Mccoy, Blake. "Lawmakers Tackle Privacy Concerns with New Technology." Lawmakers Tackle Privacy Concerns with New Technology. National BroadcastingCompany, 28 Jan. 2014. Web. 05 Mar. 2014. This article is helpful because it outlines some of the problems the new technology will face with privacy. Minnesota state law makers discuss the privacy problems with new law enforcement technology, such as license plate readers and cellular exploitation devices. Also in this article it brings up the fact of how long will these records of innocent people be kept. Law enforcement officials admit that laws governing these new technologies is very murky. Signorelli, Paul. "Sparking Innovation, Learning and Creativity." Privacy in the Age of Ubiquitous Technology. New Media Consortium, 11 Nov. 2013. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. This article is helpful because is reveals a lot of privacy problems with ubiquitous technologies. Ubiquitous technologies are device like smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices; using these devices can destroy privacy barriers and may lead to unfortunate events. The article refers to the privacy problem as a novel challenge, a solution that can be proposed but it is already outdated by the time becomes in affect. Watts, Steve. "More Xbox One Kinect Privacy Details Outlined." - Video Game News, Videos and File Downloads for PC and Console Games at Shacknews.com. Shacknews LTD, 01 Nov. 2013. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. This article is helpful because...
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...and its historical context. Fundamentalists can be extremely hostile to modern findings that go against the bible and they label all non-fundamentalists as not true christians (Dein,2014,para.5). While I am a christian, I also take modern idelogies into consideration. In fact, many christians are actually interested in learning aout histories such as different dinosaur bones, and still not lose faith in god. I see the story of the world being created in six days as a metaphorical story with a deeper meaning, not a acoount for what actually happened. Creatiaonlist are actually a minority in the christian world, most chritians are not fundamentalists. A christian can believe in dinosaurs and other forces not mentioned in the bible. I have never doubted the accuracy of evolution, despite bein a christian. I feel that the ideology of creatialism and evolution can be tied together. It is sometimes hard to distinguish between athesism and science, because a high percentage of well-known scientists openly do not believe in god. However, there is a huge difference that should be noticed. Atheism is not the religion of science, but rather a metaphysical belief. It is possible to apply philospohy and moral arguements to religious debates, but you cannot use science to support religion.You can't scientifically prove that god exists or does not exist, which is why science is silent on the matter of religion until we know more. Science is not basis and relies only on evidence, data that...
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...another 9/11, i fear that 99 percent of Americans would tell their members of congress: “Do whatever you need to do , privacy be damned, just make sure this does not happen again.”) Purpose and intent The purpose of author is to inform us to be on guard for abuses and accessing private data from the government. The article is suitable to those working adult audience because most of them consist a lot of private data . Beside that, most of the adult owns high tech gadget for example smartphone , ipad and so on so they shall be more interested in this article because most of their private data is stored in their gadget. Furthermore they should be aware of where they stored their private data. The author use a lot example in his arguement from...
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...the oppisite sex. Women fought for their right to vote, obtain a college education and employment opportunities. Although women have won this right for their rights, today they have yet to gain the same respect and equal pay as men in the workplace. In the book, "Taking Sides, Clashing Views on Controversial Economic Issues" by Thomas R. Swartz and Frank J. Bonello, this issue is discussed between Randall K. Filer, Jerry A. Jacobs and Ronnie J. Steinberg. In my brief, I will discuss the salary inequality between genders and the reasons supporting their arguement. Associate professor of economics, Randall K. Filer suggests that "women are attracted to occuptions that have more pleasant job charactertics than those jobs that are dominated by men" (page 78) He believes in having a more pleasant occupation would have a lower compensation. He conducts a survey of men and women in relative positions in the labor market. He states facts are prominent, "Median weekly earnings of full-time female workers over age 16 have risen from 61 percent of those for men in 1978 to 71 percent of male earnings in the second quarter of 1987" (page 58) The possible causes in sex differences is the difference in productivity and utility functions. Randall believes one gender has different amount of productivity levels. Physical differences plays a huge part because it shows the advantages of men, preventing women to perform at the same level. Men and woman make prudent choices in the job market due to...
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